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SEARCHING FOR OLD FRIENDS |
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Sharon Marshall nee Sharon Stevens |
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| SHARON MARSHALL (Nee STEVENS) was born in UK and migrated with her parents to Australia in the 1950s. The Stevens family took up residence in Sydney (possibly the North Ryde area) in New South Wales before moving to Frankston (Victoria) in 1961. At the time, Sharon was approximately 15/16 years of age. | ||
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Sharon Stevens circa 1960 |
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| Among Sharon's close friends was fellow Riverside Girls High School student Kay De Looper who, along with her sister, Alison, and brother, Derek, lived in Tavistock Street, Drummoyne (Sydney) - a regular meeting place for the teenage 'group' of which Sharon was a part. Kay De Looper - now Kay Leabon - lives in Adelaide, South Australia, and is the last person in the Tavistock Street 'gang' of friends to have had contact with Sharon. That, however, was back in the early 1970s when Kay was on holiday in Victoria. | ||
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Sharon Stevens - Victor J Hocking circa 1961 |
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Sharon had a younger brother, Duncan Stevens, and a much younger sister, Tiarni Stevens. Her father, Steve Stevens, was a merchant seaman whose 1961 employment posting to Victoria ultimately led to the family's move to Frankston and Sharon's separation from her teenage friends. |
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Sharon Stevens circa 1960 |
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| In the weeks immediately preceding the Stevens Family's 1961 relocation to Frankston, Victoria, Mr & Mrs Steve Stevens, and their young family - Sharon, Duncan and Tiarni - were temporarily accommodated at the Polding Street Drummoyne residence of Mr/Mrs Hocking. Mr Hocking was, then, Principal (or 'headmaster' as it was called back then) of Gladesville Public School. | ||
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Sharon Stevens - Victor J Hocking circa 1961 Luna Park, Sydney |
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| Other names possibly familiar to Sharon Stevens would be Riverside's Pauline Callaby, Joan Lawson, and those of the local Rock 'n' Roll band, The Ramrods, made up of vocalist Vic Hocking, lead guitarist Barry Brady, rythm guitarist Ken Buchman, drummer Johnny Hanlon, keyboardist Gary Moberley, and the then boyfriend of Kay De Looper, bass guitarist Johnny Strange. | ||
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Sharon Stevens circa 1960 out front of the Stevens family home - Sydney, Australia |
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Sharon, Duncan, Tiarni – where arE YOU! |
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Please call Vic |
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0414 44 99 44 |
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International |
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+61(0)414 44 99 44 |
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